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Four research teams will share in over $5.5 million in targeted funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to investigate ways to identify and support people with chronic disease who are experiencing loneliness and social isolation.

A provider for the Launceston Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) has been selected.

The Australian Government has committed $6 million over the next two year to extend vital support to thousands of babies born prematurely.

2,000 older people in Australia will now be able to access the Transition Care Programme (TCP) over the next two years, with the Albanese Government today announcing a $40 million investment to extend current temporary TCP places beyond 30 June 2023.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's interview with Lisa Miller on the TGA decision on MS-2 step.

The Government welcomes the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s decision to remove a number of restrictions on health professionals who prescribe and dispense MS-2 Step (mifepristone and misoprostol).

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's press conference on the Orange Endo and Pelvic Pain Centre.

Orange and the surrounding region can now access expert, multidisciplinary care with the opening of one of Australia’s first Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Clinics at the Orange Family Medical Centre.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Alex James on Orange Endo and Pelvic Pain Clinic; Head to Health; disaster mental health recovery.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister Kearney's interview with Matt Doran about the Ashes, RBA decision, cost of living, childcare, energy prices, and women's health.

​​​​​​​Work will soon be under way to establish a new free Head to Health adult mental health service in Canberra.

Universities can now apply for additional Commonwealth supported places (CSPs) for rural-trained medical students, as well as capital funding for new regional training facilities.

From 1 July 2023, Australians with severe thrombocytopenia and diabetic kidney disease will have access to new medicines through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

On the 75th anniversary of the Chifley Labor Government’s introduction of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), Australia’s strong and sustainable pharmacy sector gets a major financial boost in changes that take effect from 1 July.

South Australian patients will be able to access new healthcare options to avoid visits to emergency departments, under a new primary care pilot project aimed at further reducing pressure on our hospitals.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Tom Mann about Head to Health Port Pirie, South Australia.

Read the transcript for Minister Butler's press conference in Melbourne on new PBS listing Kerendia; diabetes; cheaper medicines; voluntary assisted dying; women's reproductive health; First Nations health outcomes.

Adults in Port Pirie will have access to free, walk-in mental health and wellbeing support with a new Head to Health service to be established in the local community.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Morayfield on Morayfield Health Hub; Medicare Urgent Care Clinics; hospital pressures; Caboolture Hospital; health workforce challenges.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference at Morayfield about Morayfield Health Hub, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, hospital pressures, Caboolture Hospital, health workforce challenges.

The Albanese Government has delivered on its $3.75 million election commitment to re-open the Minor Illness and Accident Centre at the Morayfield Health Hub in Queensland – and already the reopening of the centre is delivering for Queenslanders.

Today, on International Neonatal Screening Day, the Albanese Government is delivering on our commitment to end the postcode lottery, by investing $39 million to achieve national consistency and expand the program.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference in Wyong on Voice to Parliament; health policy; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; Closing the Gap.

The Australian Government is investing $27.5 million to expand the psychiatry workforce, ensuring all Australians regardless of where they live have better access to quality mental health care.

Australians could benefit from better cancer treatments, new vaccines, depression treatment without medication, and deeper insights into gut health because of new medical research projects funded by the Albanese Government.